"Things are so touchy, even just a few days ago we had a couple of skiers in the out of bounds area at Sunshine on a feature called Quartz Ridge, and they triggered the slope from 30 metres away," Paulson said.

While the weather is set to be beautiful and sunny over the weekend, Paulson said now is not the time to head out into the backcountry.

"The name of the game this weekend is conservative route selection, low angle terrain,and being very mindful of overhead hazard," she said, adding that visitor centres would be able to recommend safer routes for those that are still hoping to enjoy the outdoors.

Parks Canada said large avalanches have been travelling into valley bottoms in recent weeks and the risk will continue though the weekend.

"People might be surprised by how large an avalanche can be triggered and how far it could run," said Mark Bender, a forecaster for Avalanche Canada, in a release.